Telangana CM K Chandrasekhara Rao has stepped up his activities with his sole focus now on attacking AP CM Chandrababu Naidu. He is going to extend all necessary support to Jaganmohan Reddy to make sure CBN is defeated in the 2019 elections. Not just that, TDP should also not get MP seats. Only this way, KCR can take his revenge and cut short the role of CBN in national politics.

Going by what happened to NTR in 1989, KCR is using the same logic to apply to Naidu now. Though NTR played a crucial role as chairman of National Front, he was not given any prominent role in national politics at that time just because the TDP could win just two MP seats. Now the TRS chief thinks the same fate should be there to Naidu if the TDP is prevented from winning many seats.

Moreover, KCR knows full well that he has to win all the 16 out of 17 MP seats in Telangana while the remaining one is usually won by MIM. But this would not be enough and KCR would require his friendly party in AP to get a minimum of 15 seats. Then the total number would come to 31 to 32 with which KCR is planning to play kingmaker role in national politics. Finally, it is a question of numbers not specific front that matters in Delhi politics.

G.Ravikiran